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WELCOME TO THE KOOL
KIDS KNIT KLUB
To send us photos and news of your Knit Club, just click on the 'contact us' link in the menu above. Would you like to swap ideas with other Knit Clubs near to you? Knit Clubs by area: Buckinghamshire Robertswood School, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire Ages: 9-10 Project: Blanket for school's sponsor child in Ethiopia "Our knitting club is held over 2 lunchtimes
due to overwhelming demand! It is only open to year 5 because
that provides about 40 eager students, about 10 of whom are boys. Click here to contact Sally Lippiatt, Project Co-ordinator East Sussex Marshlands County Primary School Ages: 7-11 Project: Rennie Mackintosh wall hanging "So far the children (both boys and girls across the school) have been carrying on the knitting from the original workshops. They are still working on the Rennie Mackintosh wall hanging! It is a shame it takes so long to produce one piece, but time is so limited. I'm sure it will be worth it in the end.One of the things I discovered during the workshops was that many of the children with special needs (and we have a large proportion here), were amazingly good at knitting; children who find it hard to concentrate normally were totally absorbed and many of the boys (some with behaviour problems) were particularly patient while learning this new skill." Click here to contact Chris McKinnon, Project Co-ordinator Essex Montgomery Junior School, Colchester Ages: 7-11 Project: Blanket for children in Ghana "Our children are aged 7 -11 years of age, both boys and girls. The blanket is under way, but as yet no where near completion. We are hoping it will be ready for February half term when our LSA is travelling to Ghana. We will be send you photographs of the children knitting and further photos of the blanket in Ghana at a later stage." Click here to contact Tanya Gibson, Project Co-ordinator Hordle Walhampton School, Lymington, Hants Ages: 5-11 Group name: "knit wits" Project: Knitting for African Aids Orphans
"In the Christmas term of 2005 I ran a
knitting activity at my childrens' school in Lymington where we
knitted squares to make up blankets for Aids orphans in South Africa.
The response to the project was overwhelming and I was inundated
with donations of wool and knitting needles but also time and effort
going into the knitting and putting the blankets together too. There
were children as young as five "knitting"! quite a few
boys and many parents, grannies and others related to the children
were involved. We sent 13 blankets to South Africa
with a business man who kindly offered to take them. So many people
enjoyed the project so much that we will continue to do it every
Christmas term, but why limit it to one school one term a year?
Why indeed. I am putting notices up in local
community centres, libraries and will speak to local council to
see if any other schools would like to be involved and we will make
Knitting 4 Africa an ongoing project. To this end I will coordinate
a national effort and if anyone would like to knit (or crochet)
squares for blankets I would be happy to receive them to send on
to Click here to contact Diana Wood, Project Co-ordinator Lancashire Hillside Community Primary School, Egerton, Tanhouse, Skelmersdale, Lancashire Ages: 7 - 11 Projects: scarves, bags and new ventures of fingerless gloves plus wrist bands Click here to contact Barbara Brown Project Co-ordinator Click here for school website, click on 'enter' and then select 'Gallery' and scroll down to view photos of the knitting club North Tyneside Appletree Gardens First School, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside Ages: 7 - 9 Projects: Fingerless gloves, chunky bags and tiny purses Just wanted to mail
you to tell you about the knitting and sewing club I have set up
in my local school.The club is for 7-9 year olds, both girls and
boys, and takes place on a Thursday evening straight after school.
I started the club last september with the help of one of the teachers.
We now have 22 children attending the club and 4 regular helpers.
We have 4 or 5 different projects on the go for the children to
choose from which I have designed myself. The children are very
enthusistic and are working hard at their new skills. At the moment
we have a choice of fingerless gloves, chunky bags or tiny purses
for the knitters and a needlecase, a mouse or a binca mat for the
sewers. Click here to contact Clare Taylor, Project Co-ordinator North Yorkshire The Michael Syddall Church of England (Aided) School in Catterick Village, North Yorkshire Ages: 9 - 11 Projects: Finger puppets, headbands " The Michael Syddall Church of England School has a role of just under 200 children. I started the Craft Club for the year 5 and 6 children in September and thought that this year one of our activities would be knitting. It is a mixed group (sadly only 3 boys) but they are all very keen. All of our projects are "ongoing" as time after school for clubs is quite short and it's quite a tricky business when you first start! On the needles at the moment we have a variety of finger puppets, some "sheep" and some of the girls are keen to make a headband. This week we had a break from knitting and made some felt balls with a view to making them up into insects or flowers to wear as a badge or brooch. They loved that - I think it was the mess!" Click here to contact Barbara Dobson, Project Co-ordinator West Sussex Glebe Middle School, Church Lane, Southwick, West Sussex. BN42 4GB Ages: 8 - 12 Projects: Christmas sack, small bag or pencil case "The
Glebe Textile Group has now been a thriving knitting group since
mid November. On average approximately 15 children come along for
an after school session once a week - a mixed group - initially
with one very keen boy who has now recruited three others to join
us! Click here to contact Sue Davies, Project Co-ordinator |
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